i newspaper, November 8, 2017, page 1
i newspaper, November 8, 2017, page 11
Imagine the joy in media offices when this story came in: ‘Now we can trot out all those stupid phrases with “ewe” in them!’ Never mind that they don’t have anything to do with the story. The i newspaper went mad and used two. They missed this one, but the Times didn’t:
Hello ewe: sheep recognise a famous face, say neuroscientists
At ITV Online they disinterred this one:
Would ewe believe it? Sheep can recognise celebrity faces
At the Guardian, they thought this was clever:
Is it … Baa-rack Obama? Sheep able to recognise celebrities, say neuroscientists
It isn’t, though, is it? Not remotely.
Nor is this, from the Yorkshire Post:
President Obaa-ma, I presume? – sheep can recognise human faces
I would have been tempted to try something on the lines of